(March 20) Betsy Myers, author of "Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire and Bring out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You," spoke at the first Alabama Leadership Project event March 20 at Westin hotel downtown about the changing model of leadership and how to manage millennials. (BBJ/C. Fisher-Crawford)

Betsy Myers, author of "Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire and Bring out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You," spoke at the first Alabama Leadership Project event March 20 at Westin hotel downtown about the changing model of leadership.

At 150,000 fans each, Talladega took the top two spots in the BBJ's largest Conventions and Events List in the weekly edition this week, followed by the Regions Tradition Golf Tournament and the INDY race a Barber Motorsports Park.

But the Magic City has won some big bids for upcoming events and conventions, including the 2021 World Games that will bring thousands of athletes to Birmingham and the Southern Baptist Convention that should pack hotels in 2019.